How To Solve It With Code — Overview
00:00:00.000 | Hi, Jeremy and Jono here from Fast.ai and we're here to tell you about this new course
00:00:07.360 | that we're starting.
00:00:08.400 | It's the first Fast.ai course in a long time.
00:00:11.720 | And the reason it's been so long is because we've wanted to create something that is truly
00:00:17.280 | AI native, that is, you know, really makes sense in this new world that we're in.
00:00:23.600 | And to be honest, it's taken us a long time to figure out what the hell to do, but we
00:00:26.840 | think we've got something you're going to really like.
00:00:30.900 | So the exciting feature of the AI filled world that Jeremy mentioned is that more and more
00:00:36.960 | people than ever are starting to code.
00:00:39.680 | They're using language models to generate their first ever projects, their first ever
00:00:43.160 | websites.
00:00:44.440 | And this is really great.
00:00:45.520 | We love to see what people are doing.
00:00:47.840 | But there is also something that we've noticed, which is that when you're able to generate
00:00:51.640 | these giant pieces of code that you don't necessarily understand, there can be a wall
00:00:56.640 | that you hit.
00:00:57.640 | You get really excited.
00:00:58.640 | You add more and more features and then suddenly you reach a point where, oh gosh, I can't
00:01:02.200 | edit this or I don't understand where to go next.
00:01:05.280 | And even though today's AIs are amazing and they are probably only going to get better,
00:01:08.680 | there's still some things that they can't fix either.
00:01:11.640 | So that's the problem that we've been seeing.
00:01:14.680 | And what it turns into is a lot of people thinking, gee, this coding thing must not
00:01:18.760 | even be for me, right?
00:01:20.080 | Even though I've got all these amazing tools, I clearly must be missing something because
00:01:23.320 | I still can't get it to do exactly what I want.
00:01:25.480 | Yeah.
00:01:26.480 | But it's not your fault, right?
00:01:28.120 | Exactly.
00:01:29.120 | Yeah.
00:01:30.120 | So that's what our course is hoping to address.
00:01:31.720 | We think we've got a different way of building up to coding with language models that doesn't
00:01:37.800 | leave you in that helpless position with a bunch of code you don't understand.
00:01:41.460 | And so that's what we'd like to try and teach you.
00:01:43.460 | In fact, it's more than we think we know.
00:01:46.440 | We do know.
00:01:47.440 | We have actually been using this new process and new tool we're going to be teaching you
00:01:51.400 | about ourselves for the last few months.
00:01:55.120 | I've been using it for all my work and I am dramatically more effective and productive
00:01:59.160 | than I was.
00:02:00.720 | So this is not just for fairly new programmers.
00:02:05.840 | I think experienced programmers who are looking to understand how to combine their expertise
00:02:11.040 | with AI better will also appreciate this.
00:02:15.320 | Start joining the course if you've never coded before.
00:02:18.680 | You should know about variables.
00:02:20.240 | You should know about loops.
00:02:21.360 | You should know about if statements and be able to do some basic stuff in Python.
00:02:27.200 | But you don't need too much more than that.
00:02:29.400 | We're going to show you a new way to solve problems with code that doesn't require a
00:02:35.360 | computer science degree, that leverages AI, but as you use our approach, you're going
00:02:40.660 | to be learning more and more about coding.
00:02:43.080 | And this approach is one where you'll be using AI, not just to build stuff, but to actually
00:02:47.960 | become a better coder as you do.
00:02:50.700 | It'll be all based on the classic fast AI teaching style where you'll be building stuff
00:02:55.440 | from day one, very, very hands on.
00:02:58.060 | And in the process, you'll be learning a lot of really powerful techniques and foundations.
00:03:06.080 | So the way this course is going to work, it's going to take a little bit of unlearning.
00:03:09.640 | I think if some of us have habits of generating a ton of code all at once, it's very much
00:03:14.560 | building up these muscles of gradually, iteratively, line by line, step by step, putting together
00:03:20.440 | things that you want.
00:03:22.340 | So we're going to be doing it as a live course together.
00:03:24.800 | I think twice a week for eight weeks, we'll have lessons, but they'll also be office hours.
00:03:29.200 | And it's a live cohort, which means there'll be hundreds of other learners also building
00:03:33.640 | these muscles together and practicing and figuring out this way of approaching problems.
00:03:38.560 | And we'll be doing this in a custom tool that we've built to work well with this approach.
00:03:43.320 | So I think it's going to be an exciting group to be a part of as we try and figure out these
00:03:49.480 | approaches together.
00:03:50.920 | And I should also mention, we're treating this as a beta course.
00:03:54.080 | So you should join if you're prepared to be involved in something that's being a bit built
00:03:58.520 | around you as it happens, it'll be the first time this has ever happened.
00:04:01.920 | I will say all the folks who were involved in the very first ever fast AI course, most
00:04:06.240 | of them I still know to this day.
00:04:08.400 | Most of them have gone on to have extremely successful careers as startup founders and
00:04:12.680 | in research labs and so forth.
00:04:14.640 | I think this will be a bit like that, you know, although the old days of fast AI is
00:04:18.280 | something very new, very fresh, not quite complete.
00:04:23.440 | So it might require a little bit of patience and a little bit of enthusiasm to be part
00:04:27.720 | of the journey that we're all taking together.
00:04:30.280 | So if this sounds like something that's for you, then can't wait to see you there.
00:04:34.680 | And we'll all learn how to solve it with code.
00:04:37.640 | Thanks, Joanna.
00:04:39.640 | Thank you.